Describe your school's strengths and needs based on a school improvement document, such as the school's SALT visit report, its SALT survey data, or its school improvement plan.
Strengths:
There are several strengths of Exeter West Greenwich Junior High School that are mentioned in the SALT visit report from December 8, 2000. The report goes in to detail about the community environment that the school portrays and how the parents, teacher, administrators, staff, and students all form this tight knit community for a positive environment for learning. The teachers are implementing the standards in the junior high and working with rubrics to enforce expectations. The students at Exeter West Greenwich are willing to learn, are respectful to others, and feel safe in their school. In the classroom, the teachers use various styles of presenting information including hands on activities, group work, community outreach, and projects. Teachers of all subjects are integrating writing into their curriculum. Overall, the sense of community at Exeter West Greenwich is outstanding and evident as the students, teachers, and parents work well together in a positive learning environment.
Needs:
There are some recommendations that were stated to improve the Exeter West Greenwich Junior High School. There seems to be a struggle to see a common future direction of the school from the faculty, administration, and staff. With a common vision, the school would have a stronger unity and goals to work towards together. Communication between the levels of the school community could be improved and would help develop clear procedures for discipline in the school. In the classroom, few students demonstrated complex problem solving techniques and real world connections would benefit the students. Teachers seem to be grading on assessment level only and not using assessments to identify personal needs of the students. It is clear that the students need to be challenged to a higher level of thinking and hold a responsibility to there own learning. The needs of the Junior High are numerated in the SALT visit report and I believe, with my experience thus far in the junior high school, that the improvements are being made.
Describe your school's strengths and needs based on a school improvement document, such as the school's SALT visit report, its SALT survey data, or its school improvement plan.
Strengths:
There are several strengths of Exeter West Greenwich Junior High School that are mentioned in the SALT visit report from December 8, 2000. The report goes in to detail about the community environment that the school portrays and how the parents, teacher, administrators, staff, and students all form this tight knit community for a positive environment for learning. The teachers are implementing the standards in the junior high and working with rubrics to enforce expectations. The students at Exeter West Greenwich are willing to learn, are respectful to others, and feel safe in their school. In the classroom, the teachers use various styles of presenting information including hands on activities, group work, community outreach, and projects. Teachers of all subjects are integrating writing into their curriculum. Overall, the sense of community at Exeter West Greenwich is outstanding and evident as the students, teachers, and parents work well together in a positive learning environment.
Needs:
There are some recommendations that were stated to improve the Exeter West Greenwich Junior High School. There seems to be a struggle to see a common future direction of the school from the faculty, administration, and staff. With a common vision, the school would have a stronger unity and goals to work towards together. Communication between the levels of the school community could be improved and would help develop clear procedures for discipline in the school. In the classroom, few students demonstrated complex problem solving techniques and real world connections would benefit the students. Teachers seem to be grading on assessment level only and not using assessments to identify personal needs of the students. It is clear that the students need to be challenged to a higher level of thinking and hold a responsibility to there own learning. The needs of the Junior High are numerated in the SALT visit report and I believe, with my experience thus far in the junior high school, that the improvements are being made.